التاريخ اليميني 46.22

46.22

When the said [ruler] perceived the Sultan advancing on him with the stars of his state and the mounts of his host, excess of fear robbed him of his heart; he felt his pulse, and it was the tail of a mouse. He saw death opening wide its mouth, and could do nothing but turn his back on it. He ordered his fortress to be uprooted from its foundations and rendered ruinous for [224 b] anyone who should presently seek to occupy it.